Colombian Finca Las Brisas Espresso Roast
Colombian Finca Las Brisas
In filter, this coffee has a big body and a relatively high acidity. On the off-chance, we tried a few roasts for espresso and were bowled over by just how well it faired. Where we were expecting sours, we had syrupy sweetness and where there might have been roast, there was orange and lemons. This lot should be with us for about 2 weeks, so if you like what we refer to as “traditional developed roasts” this should float your boat. Think Chapin, from Colombia…
Top Trumps:
Owner: Oscar Javier Martinez
Farm: Finca Las Brisas
Farm Size: 18 hectares
Coffee production: 12 hectares.
Area: Jesus Maria Oviedo- Ataco Tolima
Altitude: 1603 Meters above sea level
Process: Washed
Varietals: Colombia F8, Bourbon (pink and yellow), Castillo, Geisha, popayo and Tabi!
Roast: Espresso
Espresso Potential:
90z milk-based drinks. Those sweet fruity notes cut through 3.8% whole milk with ease. This is such an easy quaff of a drink.
6oz milk-based drinks. This is still fruity with the addition of cocoa and chocolate.
Espresso. Wow! Like a clashing of giant cymbals, this is everything all at once. Sweet apple, fruit sugars, orange, and lemon. Pow! (sorry Batman comic moment)
Espresso Recipe:
Unlike another coffee, I have been grappling with this week. Colombian Las Brisas was so easy to set up.
17g of coffee into 34g in 27-29 seconds for milk-based drinks.
17g of coffee into 45/50g of espresso liquid 30-34 seconds.
We start brewing coffees at 93.5C (in espresso) and increase or decrease as necessary.
Farm Stuff
This 20-bag lot is a lovely example of high-quality production from a small farm. Oscar has earned his place in the Glyphosate-free register. This is becoming a big thing in the developed world as the threat of chemicals passing into our bodies through food is no new problem.
This coffee has been double fermented in tanks for approximately 24 hours (each time). Due to high humidity and to protect the coffee harvest, Oscar uses Casa Elba, which is an open-top drying space that can have a cover to protect from rain, as well as a parabolic drying area, which is like a poly-tunnel.
If you don’t drink coffee with milk, there is a filter version here
As always, if you want to share your brews, you can here
